Overview

The Communicative Disorders and Sciences program

A full curriculum of courses is available to prepare students for challenging and interesting careers in health care (both acute and rehabilitation settings), community agency and school settings. The Communicative Disorders and Sciences program of the University at Buffalo houses a state-of-the-art University clinic staffed by clinic faculty with diverse expertise working with children and adults in the areas of early intervention, articulation, language, aural rehabilitation, central auditory processing, pervasive developmental disorders such as autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, voice disorders, and adult neurogenic disorders.

Externship placements are typically provided in the Spring or Fall semester of a student's second year in the master’s program dependent on competency level, clinic hours accrued, and availability of placements. Externships are provided when a student's course load allows for daytime scheduling of externships and when the student has no more than 2 courses during that semester. Students will likely participate in two externship placements. Externship requirements may vary between students dependent on clinic hours accrued, clinic practicum evaluations, and development of clinical skills and required ASHA competencies. The externship experience is a five day a week, full time commitment for sixteen weeks; each placement for eight weeks. Our department has a variety of interesting externship placements in hospitals, schools, agency and private practice settings. Our students receive an enriched clinic experience under the supervision of ASHA certified professionals in our community. Availability of experiences varies between semesters.

Research apprenticeship opportunities are available whereby interested students can work with department faculty in a variety of basic and applied areas such as augmentative communication, acoustics, speech perception, voice production, motor speech disorders, child language and adult language. Completion of the master’s degree requires a passing score on the PRAXIS examination (required for certification from the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association). In addition, students can elect to complete the thesis option by carrying out an independent research project under the guidance of one of the academic faculty.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Diagnostics

Evaluating Clinical Change

Clinical Processes

Language Disorders / Adults

Neural Bases of Communication

Language Disorders in School Age Child

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

40 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Buffalo, United States

Disciplines

Communication Studies Language Studies Linguistics View 854 other Masters in Language Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.7

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Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Many applicants to the Master’s program hold a Bachelor’s degree in Communicative Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology

However, individuals without undergraduate training in speech-language pathology or communicative disorders also are eligible to apply to the Master’s program

Overall grade point average

Grade point average in the major

Combined verbal, quantitative, and writing GRE scores

Letters of recommendation

Personal statement

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

25740 USD / year

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Out-of-State

25740 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

11310 USD / year

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Living costs

Buffalo

United States

920 - 1560 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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The Communicative Disorders and Sciences program

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Credits

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